the top of the hour here on your friday morning. i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. there are deep concerns as china s president xi jinping is preparing to meet with vladimir putin in moscow, and the summit is not a surprise, but washington is on edge to see if china makes any move in particular to provide weapons for the war in ukraine. and this st. patrick s day guest in washington, and it is ireland s prime minister. and also, the wild week on wall street comes to a close, and the major company that just filed for bankruptcy. we will get you caught up on that ahead, but we want to begin with the news with that meeting between xi jinping and vladimir putin. will ripley is joining us now with more on that and what is on the agenda for this face-to-face meeting? well, there is the official meeting, and also the agenda that the u.s. is concerned about which is lethal support from china to russia. vladimir putin needs chips can, ammo and all of the tools that he can get t
bee he s about to learn his fate hours from now. we ll speak to the attorney representing the family of murdaugh s former house keeper. tornadoes ripping through the south. heavy snow to the midwest and to the northeast. people in california still trapped in their homes. running out of food after the same storm system dumped seven feet of snow there. also this morning on the international front, the situation is critical for ukrainian forces in the besieged city of bakhmuit. the only main bridge into the city has been blown up. russian mers on aries say ukrainian defenders are surrounded. we ll take you live on the ground to eastern ukraine. here s where we begin. with a verdict in the double murder trial that gripped the nation. guilty verdict. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. verdict, guilty. guilty. all the way around. alex murdaugh found guilty of murdering his own wife and son. took the jury less than three hours. the sentencing is going to begin at 9:30. it
states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob iger s an empire builder too. for years he s been buildin
the commander-in-chief and the president of the united states, my friend donald j. trump. rupert murdoch is a direct line of the oval office in a way he s never enjoyed before. proximity to power. there probably would not have been a president trump without fox news. maybe we won t do it anymore with them. you give the viewers what they want. whatever his instinct is, that s what a great leader is. the channel became focused on telling him what he wanted to hear. james is watching this all in dismay. he is getting uncomfortable with the network under the leadership of his own father. but lachlan and rupert s view was why would we change this? we ve never had bigger ratings. and cracks inside the family are starting to appear. it s august 2017 and rupert murdoch invites bob iger, the head of disney, to have a drink with him at his $29 million vineyard in the hills of bel air. rupert offers iger a glass of wine, and they begin to talk. like rupert, bob
city of east london. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash, from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. a russian missile strike on ukraine s capital, kyiv, at dawn, has killed at least one person and injured four others. it happened as world g7 leaders meet in bavaria, where the ukraine war will no doubt dominate the agenda. let sjoin my colleague shaun ley in garmisch in the bavarian alps. early in garmisch in the bavarian alps. evening, in the s southern early evening, in the summer, in southern germany, not tranquil for many here but due to the constant buzz of helicopters above me and security blankets which ensure the whole area is protected and so the people high above me and this hotel can concentrate on the discussions without distractions. the theme of this summit is progress for a just world after that attack in the early hours in the capital kyiv which resulted in flats being damaged and five people are